#BB5F50#BB5F50

#BB5F50 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.193; OKLCH L 59.2% C 0.122 H 30.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BB5F50
RGB	rgb(187, 95, 80)
HSL	hsl(8, 44%, 52%)
HSV	hsv(8, 57%, 73%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 49.2%, 57.2%, 26.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(51.07, 35.62, 25.56)
CIE-LCH	lch(51.07, 43.84, 35.67°)
OKLab	oklab(59.17% 0.1047 0.0621)
OKLCH	oklch(59.17% 0.122 30.7)
XYZ	xyz(26.0357, 19.3313, 9.9481)
Luminance	0.1933 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BB5F50 #50ACBB

analogous

#BB5077 #BB5F50 #BB9450

triadic

#BB5F50 #50BB5F #5F50BB

tetradic

#BB5F50 #77BB50 #50ACBB #9450BB

square

#BB5F50 #77BB50 #50ACBB #9450BB

split-complementary

#BB5F50 #50BB94 #5077BB

monochromatic

#683128 #94463A #BB5F50 #CC877C #DDB0A8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.32

#BB5F50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.87

#BB5F50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #BB5F50

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BB5F50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BB5F50	1.00	4.32	4.87	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.32	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.87	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#766E4E

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8C814E

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CC505C

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7A7A7A

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bb5f50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(187, 95, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(59.2% 0.122 30.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d48e81',
    500: '#bb5f50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bb5f50;
$custom-light: #d48e81;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bb5f50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 187,
    "g": 95,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 8.411,
    "s": 44.033,
    "l": 52.353
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.59173,
    "c": 0.1217,
    "h": 30.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.19328
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BB5F50

secondary

#9CC4CB

accent

#C2D454

background

#FDF8F7

surface

#FBF0EE

border

#D4CBC9

text

#150C0A

muted

#837D7C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BB5F50

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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